Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Overview of Activity / Holistic Assessments - Term 1

Letters regarding these activity / assessments have been isssued to parents.
This is just a gentle reminder.
21st February - English Language [ Listening ] 5%
25th February - Learning Journey to Singapore Art Museum
26th to 28th February - English Show and Tell 5%
Index number 1 to 10 "My Favourite Past-time"
Index number 11 to 20 "My Favourite Television Programme"
Index number 21 to 30 "My Favourite Place In SIngapore"
1st March - Math Topical Review 10%

Monday, February 11, 2013

CNY @ KCPPS


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Parents' Consent

Dear Parents,
I have and would be uploading video clips of events in our school. These files are large so I have to use youtube facilities. If you are not comfortable having your child's photo/s featured in these video clips, please let me know so as not to upset or offend you.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Buddy Programme

Dear Pupils,
You have done a wonderful job. Here is the video clip...Enjoy!


Friday, December 28, 2012

Primary 2 Agape 2013

Hi Pupils,
A very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of you.
Hope you all have rested enough for the challenges in 2013.
Regarding your Holiday Reading Activities , if you have misplaced the worksheets , go to ...
www.kcppsmrl.weebly.com
click Recommended Reads

Monday, November 12, 2012

Travel Declaration

Dear Parents/Pupils,
Please submit your travel declarations by Wednesday, 14th November.
A 'Nil' return is necessary if you are not travelling during the school holidays.
P/S : Forgot to remind the pupils today.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Jacob Ballas


Friday, September 21, 2012

Spelling List Term 4




Friday, September 07, 2012

Skipathon 2012

Dear Parents,
Thank you very much for your support and generous donations.
I have uploaded a video clip of the event for your viewing pleasure.
Your children were wonderful!
They thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
They have learnt to skip for good health.
They have learnt to contribute to a good cause.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Coming Assessments

Gentle Reminder:
Wednesday, 22nd August
Topical Review Matheatics:
- Picture Graphs
- Numbers To 40
- Multiplication
Weighting - 30%
Thursday, 23rd August
Grammar:
- Possessive Pronouns
- Simple Past Tense [regular & rregular verbs]
- Present Continuous Tense
- Determiners [some, any, much]
- Joining sentences using 'and' & 'but'
- Concord - subject verb agreement [grammar cloze]
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
Weighting - 25%

Monday, August 06, 2012

Coming Assessments

Performance Task - Mathematics on 6th and 7th August
Weighting - 5%
Topic - Mass
Able to measure mass of objects using non-standard units e.g. cubes, marbles, paper clips etc.
Able to compare masses of two objects and state which is heavier / lighter.
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Authentic Task - English on 13th August
Topic : Invitation Card
Ability to fill out an invitation card :
- to invite a guest to a special event
- to provide information of the special event
Text Features
- salutation [Dear......,]
- sign off [ Your friend, / Yours sincerely, / Best wishes, ....]
- Name of guest[s]
- purpose of invitation
- day and date of invitation
- venue / address of event
- time of event
- name of host[s]
- structure [ signing off is to be written in 2 lines]
Punctuation
- include comma in salutation and signing off
- time [e.g. 2.00 p.m.]
Features will be taught explicitly and two practices will be given to pupils.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Learning Journey To Jurong Bird Park

Finally, the trip to Jurong Bird Park video. Happy viewing....

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Term 3 Week 4 Assessments

Just a gentle reminder....

Wednesday, 18th July

Listening & Viewing [ 5% ]
Sound Discrimination
Picture Matching
Functional Text

Thursday, 19th July & Friday, 20th July

Picture Description [ rubrics ]
You can go to mconline -> English Oral Buddy Primary 1 -> Picture Discussion for practice.

EL Show Time

Dear Parents,
A thousand apologies for getting the volunteers to turn up so early [ 1 pm ].
I suppose you can call me a kiasu teacher.
Many thanks for your support. Your children have put up a very good show. I'm so proud of them!

Monday, July 16, 2012

EL Show Time on Tuesday, 17 th July

Dear Parents,
Your children have invited you to watch their performance on 17th July.
If your child has not handed in or paid for his/her costume, please do so ASAP.
Your child also has to bring his/her own make-up ---- no sharing for hygiene.
I need parent volunteers to help with children's make-up. Please volunteer if you can come early....around 1p.m.
Many thanks

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Learning Journey to Jurong Bird Park

Thursday, 12th July
Arrival & dismissal time - the usual school hours
Attire - PE attire, school shoes
Things to bring -
# Food & drinks , snacks
# small backpack, no need to bring school bag
# a raincoat in case it rains -- no umbrellas -- for safety
# a storybook for silent reading
# pencil case and colour pencils
# water bottle [plain water only]
# tissue papers / wet tissues, small plastic bag for litter
# mini clipboard to be used as backing for worksheet

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Speech & Drama

Here is the finale song for our EL Show Time.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012

Discipline - how strict should the teacher be?

This incident happened two months back in our school.

A pupil played with his water bottle along the corridor facing the concourse on level 3. The water bottle went over the parapet and fell down to the ground floor. It landed on a teacher’s head. The teacher saw stars and was sent to the hospital. Thanks be to God....the teacher recovered and is fine.
Parent’s point of view : Children are by nature playful therefore this is an unfortunate accident.
Teacher’s point of view :
1.       A water bottle is not a play thing, it is for quenching thirst.
2.       The corridor is not a play area, other classes are functioning and pupils need the quietness to listen better and not be distracted.

What if the water bottle landed on your child’s head?
How strict should the teacher be with regards to the discipline of the pupils?

What is discipline?

A classroom is shared by many pupils who are there to study. No child should be disadvantaged when the conducive environment is jeopardized by someone in the class who continues to make noises [ like cat calls, running engine, etc ... ] despite being warned, to distract or just for fun.

As a parent, what is your take on this? Either leave a comment or email me at
choy_yew_cheong@moe.edu.sg